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Vase

Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Dornburg, Germany (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1923 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Lindig, Otto, born 1895 - died 1966 (designer)
    Bauhaus (production)
    Bauhaus pottery workshop (Made at the Dornburg pottery workshop, probably during its occupancy by the Bauhaus, or later., manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Red stoneware with a tin glaze

  • Museum number:

    C.250-1993

  • Gallery location:

    World Ceramics, room 145, case 17, shelf 3

  • Image in copyright

Physical description

Vase of dark red stoneware or high-fired earthenware, with ovoid body, flared rim and small foot ring.

Place of Origin

Dornburg, Germany (made)

Date

ca. 1923 (made)

Artist/maker

Lindig, Otto, born 1895 - died 1966 (designer)
Bauhaus (production)
Bauhaus pottery workshop (Made at the Dornburg pottery workshop, probably during its occupancy by the Bauhaus, or later., manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Red stoneware with a tin glaze

Marks and inscriptions

'OL' in monogram underlined and two dots, incised.

Dimensions

Height: 6.2 cm, Width: 9.2 cm

Object history note

The Bauhaus at Weimar had no pottery-making facilities on-site, and all ceramics were made at nearby Dornburg. Otto Lindig became the technical director there, and continued to run the Dornburg workshop after the Bauhaus had moved to Dessau.

An identical item is illustrated in the 1931 catalogue issued by Lindig's workshop, where it is described as a vase.

This example was said to have formerly been in the possession of painter and former Bauhaus student Johannes Driesch (1901-1930), and then his daughter. It was acquired by the museum form Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne.

Descriptive line

Vase, tin-glazed stoneware or earthenware, Otto Lindig, Dornburg, about 1923

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Jutta Römer, Daniela Sannwald and Klaus Weber (eds.). Keramik und Bauhaus. Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989.
pp. 129, 265, 270. An identical item is shown in fig. 36, p. 54, which illustrates a page from the 1931 catalogue of Lindig's workshop. The mark is comparable though not identical with no. 13, p. 270, recorded as an incised mark for Otto Lindig for 1922. See also p. 263 for biographical detials of former owner Johannes Driesch.
Jakobson, Hans-Peter. Otto Lindig: der Töpfer, 1895-1966. Exhibition catalogue. Gera: Museen der Stadt Gera, Museum für Kunsthandwerk / Karlsruhe : Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 1990.

Materials

Stoneware; Tin glaze

Techniques

Cast

Categories

Ceramics

Collection code

CER

Qr_O10354
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